The Naughty Little Clock 1899 de Koven

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Feb 2006
2006

There once was a frivolous
and giddy little clock,
a little French clock very gay;
very trim and very neat
but a creature of deceit,
when you wish to know the time of day.
Its goings on
would shock the old hall clock,
till it held up its hand aghast;
I'm sure to tell the truth,
it went wrong in early youth,
had a natural inclination
to be fast.

"TicToc, TicToc,"
said the silly little clock,
"Oh life in the house is slow
so cold and grim,
very dull and prim,
I'm getting rundown, I know,
so she sighed all day
for a life more gay,
she longed for a shady past.
This naughty little, haughty little clock,
tictoc,
that had an inclination to be fast.
This naughty little, haughty little clock,
tictoc,
that had an inclination to be fast.

"I'm quite wound up,"
declared the giddy little clock,
"I'm weary of mantel shelf;
for years I've had to chime
to give other folks the time,
now I'd like to have a time myself.
I'd even run away
with a gay roué,
if he'd show me the town's great sights;
so she took up with a lamp,
an incorrigible scamp,
who smoked and always went out nights.

"TicToc, TicToc,"
said the foolish little clock,
"Oh won't you elope with me?
I'm yours from today
if you'll take me away
where something of life I'll see.
Well, they ne'er came back and the
bricabrac had scandal enough to last.
In gossiping about the little clock,
tictoc,
that had an inclination to be fast.

They ne'er came back
and the bricabrac,
had scandal enough to last,
enough to last,
in gossiping about the little clock,
tictoc,
that had an inclination to be fast,
tictoc.
Tictoc, tictoc.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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The Naughty Little Clock 1899 de Koven
Music by Reginald De Koven
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MDCCCXIX by The John Church Company
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 18 February 2006 at 22.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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